The Jesse Owens story / written and produced by Harold Gast ; directed by Richard Irving.

Jesse Owens won four gold medals in track at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Spanning over forty years, this docudrama traces his life from his days as a sharecropper's son through his record-breaking college years, marriage to his high school sweetheart, Olympic victories, and struggle to survive in a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Direct Source Special Products Inc
Paramount Television
Other Authors: Irving, Richard, 1914-1990 (Director)
Gast, Harold, 1918-2003 (Producer, Screenwriter)
Harewood, Dorian (Actor)
Brown, Georg Stanford (Actor)
Morgan, Debbi, 1956- (Actor)
Corbin, Barry, 1940- (Actor)
Wulff, Kai (Actor)
Bosley, Tom (Actor)
Burton, LeVar (Actor)
Cox, Ronny (Actor)
Fell, Norman, 1924-1998 (Actor)
Morris, Greg (Actor)
Sikking, James, 1934- (Actor)
Tayback, Vic, 1930-1990 (Actor)
Vereen, Ben (Actor)
Kennedy, George, 1925-2016 (Actor)
Bracken, Richard (Film editor)
Correll, Charles (Cinematographer)
Language:English
Published: Westmount, Quebec ; Plattsburgh, NY : DSSP, [2005]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Owens, Jesse, > 1913-1980 > Drama.
African American athletes > Biography > Drama.
African American track and field athletes > Biography > Drama.
Track and field athletes > United States > Biography > Drama.
Olympic athletes > United States > Biography > Drama.
Olympic Games > (11th : > 1936 : > Berlin, Germany) > Drama.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Sports television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television programs > United States.
Genre:
Drama.
Biography
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Sports television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television programs
Physical Description:1 videodisc (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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